Mockingjay Part One trailer: 7 reasons you should join the rebellion

We have had the propaganda teasers from the Capitol and the pirate transmission from the rebels and now we finally have the official first trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One and I am happy to say that the new trailer exceeds all expectations.

It is dark, full of feeling and a sense of urgency. We get a first look at Julianne Moore’s President Coin, the leader of the rebellion. Another good look at Philip Seymour Hoffman’s ex-game maker Plutarch Heavensbee along with a glance at Game Of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer sporting a new haircut as Cressida, who is in charge of filming Katniss for rebel propaganda videos to entice people to join the rebellion.

We also got a great payoff shot at the end of the trailer of Katniss looking ready to take down the Capitol once and for all.

If you didn’t want to sign up to the rebellion before, this trailer will leave you eagerly anticipating its November release, so that you can experience the rebellion vicariously through Katniss, below are seven reasons why:

1. President Alma Coin

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Julianne Moore is playing Coin the leader of the revolution and District 13. A woman whose working relationship with Katniss is uneasy at best.

The books only give us Katniss’ side of the story, so this is a chance to flesh out a complex character and I am looking forward to seeing Moore’s take on this. She is an excellent actress and will be sure to do something amazing.

I also really like the fact that the first glimpse shows us a tough woman, who is weathered and uneasy about the Mockingjay.

2. Plutarch Heavensbee

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His casual statements that end any argument, just because he is obviously a man who is in the know are so effective. When he tells Coin that they need Katniss as she is the face of the rebellion and the only one that can bring the Capitol down because she is the one that people will follow, you know he is right. He should have a little placard that says Trust Heavensbee!

The character is so well played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, he is exactly how you picture him through the book, was excellent in Catching Fire and I can’t wait to see him in what is unfortunately one of his last performances.

3. Katniss Everdeen

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For most of the trailer we get the back of her head, but at the end when she is questioned by the district survivors and asked if she is going to fight with them and she says ‘I am, I will’, I literally got chills.

Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss to perfection and at that moment, you can see her devastation at what the Capitol has done to Panem, the destruction that they wreaked on her through the two lots of Hunger Games she endured, and above all her commitment to the rebellion and her need to fight. One single look is all it takes from Lawrence to get you on-board with the rebellion.

4. District 13

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We get what looks like a first glance of District 13, the District that most of Panem thinks doesn’t exist anymore and it is as grimy and as concrete as you would expect. I am looking forward to seeing the underground bunkers and city they live in in more detail.

5. Those arrows!

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In the book Beetee gives Katniss some supercharged arrows that are rigged with explosives and other cool tricks and the ones in the trailer look to be the same. It will be awesome to see them in action.

6. President Snow

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President Snow is a little like Darth Vader with his own special brand of Stormtroopers taking down the rebels or anyone who has even hinted that they quite like the Mockingjay symbol. He is very agitated in the trailer and will be on form as the crazy man that he is.

I love how well Donald Sutherland portrays Snow, he does tightly controlled psychopath perfectly.

7. That crop circle

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Nope this is not M. Night Shyamalan ‘s Signs, this is Mockingjay Part One and it seems the rebels have stepped up from the street graffiti we saw in Catching Fire to full blown crop circles perfectly depicting the Mockingjay symbol. Seriously impressive!

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